Yamaha Home Theater
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 34 reviews Back to product review
- My rating: 0 stars
Full user review
-
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
"Another Jewel in Denon's Crown"
Pros: Easy to setup/use, Beautiful clarity and accurate soundstage, $350 less than the 3806
Cons: Too heavy to carry around with me to show off!
Summary: I first learned from my store's Denon rep that this wonderful piece of equipment back in early January, and had been salivating over when we'd get this badboy in store. Finally the day came and I had my cash burning a hole in my pocket.
With it I had also decided to upgrade my speakers from Polk Audio to klipsch Reference Series (RF82's RC 62 and 4 RB10's to round out the surrounds)
Setup connections were quick and easy. the layout of the back pannel was well thought out and made sence.
I don't have a high def TV yet so I decided to see if the famed component upconversion would work with standard digital cable. (S-Vid to component) and I do say that it made my signal almost as good as some of the high def TV's I have at the store.
The auto-setup is aparently the same one they use on the 4306 and I do say they tuned my speakers perfectly except for a slight shrill ness from my center channel and fronts at louder volumes. After re-reading the manual and realizing I had forgotten to position the mic at 6 locations around my chair to get a better reading of the rooms accoustics. (in my case there was only one main seating position) I re-ran the setup and it fixed the problem.
Works wonders with DTS or Dolby and can translate standard 2 channel into 5 or 7.1 effortlessly. & channel stereo is amazing for music. as it does a very good job spacing out the track among the speakers to give you that "Im there with the performer" feel.
all In all I have yet to find ANY and I mean ANY real downsides to this amp and I've been putting it through its paces in the home and at work.
Bravo Denon on yet another beautiful piece of art!
